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Eagles Overhead: the History of US Air Force Forward Air Controllers, from the Meuse-Argonne to Mosul

Description: US Air Force Forward Air Controllers (FACs) bridge the gap between air and land power. They operate in the grey area of the battlefield, serving as an aircrew who flies above the battlefield, spots the enemy, and relays targeting information to control close air support attacks by other faster aircraft. When done well, Air Force FACs are the fulcrum for successful employment of air power in support of ground forces. Unfortunately, FACs in recent times have been shunned by both ground and air fo… more
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Date: February 2023
Creator: Dietz, Matt,
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The Weekly War: How the Saturday Evening Post Reported World War I

Description: An elite team of reporters brought the Great War home each week to ten million readers of The Saturday Evening Post. As America’s largest circulation magazine, the Post hired the nation’s best-known and best-paid writers to cover World War I. The Weekly War provides a history of the unique record Post storytellers created of World War I, the distinct imprint the Post made on the field of war reporting, and the ways in which Americans witnessed their first world war. The Weekly War includes repr… more
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Date: April 2023
Creator: Dubbs, Chris & Edy, Carolyn M.
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Death and Life in the Big Red One: a Soldier's World War II Journey from North Africa to Germany

Description: Joe Olexa enlisted in the US Army in December 1940, figuring that if he was going to be in a war, he might as well start training. Assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, nicknamed “The Big Red One,” he served in Company L of its 26th Infantry Regiment for the next four years. Along the way he trained with the division in maneuvers in the United States; shipped to England in 1942; landed at Oran, Algeria, in the Operation Torch landings of November 1942; and fought in Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy, … more
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Date: March 2023
Creator: Olexa, Joseph P. & Smither, James R.
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CARES Act Congressional Oversight Commission

Description: Website documenting the work of the Congressional Oversight Commission (COC), charged with analyzing and reporting on the "implementation and effectiveness of loans, loan guarantees and investments as well as the transparency of these transactions," which were part of the response to COVID-19.
Date: June 2023
Creator: United States. Congress. Congressional Oversight Commission.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

My Darling Boys: A Family at War, 1941-1947

Description: My Darling Boys is the story of a New Mexico farm family whose three sons were sent to fight in World War II. All flew combat aircraft in the Army Air Forces. In 1973 one of the boys, Oscar Allison, a B-24 top turret gunner and flight engineer, wrote a memoir of his World War II experiences. On a mission to Regensburg, Germany, his bomber, ravaged by German fighters, was shot down. He was captured and spent fifteen months in German stalag prisons. His memoir, the core of this unique book, detai… more
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Date: October 2023
Creator: Allison, Fred H.
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Archive Activism: Memoir of a "Uniquely Nasty" Journey

Description: Archive Activism is a memoir of activism rooted in a new way to converse with history—by rescuing it. Archive activists discover documents and other important materials often classified, “gone missing,” or sealed that somehow escaped the fireplace or shredder. It is an approach to LGBTQ advocacy and policy activism based on citizen archivery and original archival research to effect social change. Research=Activism is the formula growing out of Charles Francis’s personal story as a gay Texan bo… more
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Date: August 2023
Creator: Francis, Charles C.
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Music from the Hilltop: Organs and Organists at Southern Methodist University

Description: In Music from the Hilltop, Benjamin A. Kolodziej studies three significant academic musical figures to weave a narrative that not only details the role musical studies played in the development of Southern Methodist University but also relates a history of church music and pipe organs in Dallas, Texas. Bertha Stevens Cassidy (1876–1959), the first organ professor and the only woman on the faculty of the new university, established herself as a leader and veritable dean of the church music commu… more
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Date: October 2023
Creator: Kolodziej, Benjamin A.
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Behind the Scenes: Covering the JFK Assassination

Description: On November 22, 1963, the author of Behind the Scenes was a young Dallas Times Herald reporter who sprinted from his newspaper desk to Dealey Plaza minutes after shots were fired at President John F. Kennedy. Thus began Darwin Payne’s close involvement in covering one shocking event after another on this history-making weekend. Eyewitnesses he found at Dealey Plaza included Abraham Zapruder, who insisted from the first moments that the president could not have survived the serious wounds he ha… more
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Date: October 2023
Creator: Payne, Darwin
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The Best American Newspaper Narratives, Volume 10

Description: This anthology collects the ten winners of the 2022 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest at UNT’s Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. First place winner: Jason Fagone, “The Jessica Simulation: Love and Loss in the Age of A.I.,” about one man’s attempt to still communicate with his dead fiancée (San Francisco Chronicle). Second place: Jenna Russell, Penelope Overton, and David Abel, “The Lobster Trap” (The Boston Globe and Portland Press Herald). Third place: Jada Yuan, “Discove… more
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Date: September 2023
Creator: Reaves, Gayle
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Elegant Hungarian Tortes and Homestyle Desserts for American Bakers

Description: When Ella Szabó fled her homeland during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, she never dreamed that someday she would become a member of the US Olympic swimming team, an accomplished baker in America, and the author of a cookbook about Hungarian desserts. But a chance encounter with a fellow Hungarian in Connecticut led to Ella’s becoming the custodian of a collection of heirloom recipes that form the core of this book. You’ll learn from more than fifty recipes how to bake Hungarian tortes, cook… more
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Date: November 2023
Creator: Szabó, Ella Kovács & Wirth, Eve Aino Roza,
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Findings: The Potential Future Risks of AI

Description: Report explaining some of the potential risks associated with the future of artificial intelligence (AI) advancements to advise the U.S. President and the White House National AI Initiative Office (NAIIO).
Date: October 2023
Creator: National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Constitution Day Lecture 2023: Can the Constitution Survive? [Video]

Description: Video recording of UNT's 2023 Constitution Day lecture that looks at the political philosophy behind the Constitution before turning to contemporary Constitutional controversies. The lecture was given by Dr. Steven Forde, Emeritus Professor at the University of North Texas Department of Political Science and Visiting Tutor at St. John's College.
Date: September 18, 2023
Duration: 58 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Forde, Steven
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Strengthening and Democratizing the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Innovation Ecosystem: An Implementation Plan for a National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource

Description: This is the final report of the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) task force, where they present a roadmap and implementation plan for a national cyberinfrastructure aimed at overcoming the access divide, reaping the benefits of greater brain power and more diverse perspectives and experiences applied to developing the future of AI technology and its role in society. The NAIRR also took the opportunity during their research to set the standards for responsible AI research practices and gove… more
Date: January 2023
Creator: Knowles, Tess Deblanc; Parashar, Manish; Parker, Lynne; Gianchandani, Erwin; Braga, Daniela; Dean, Mark E. et al.
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Recommendations: Generative AI Away from the Frontier

Description: This report discusses recommendations to the presidential administration about generative artificial intelligence. The report further discusses the importance of acknowledging "off-frontier" generative AI systems in order to have a clear understanding of the potential risks posed by these more widely available generative AI systems.
Date: October 2023
Creator: National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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2023-2024 CISA Roadmap for Artificial Intelligence

Description: This report serves as a guide for CISA's AI-related efforts, ensuring both internal coherence as well as alignment with the whole-of-government AI strategy. It incorporates key CISA-led actions as directed by Executive Order 14110, along with additional actions CISA is leading to promote AI security and support critical infrastructure owners and operators as they navigate the adoption of AI.
Date: November 2023
Creator: United States. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
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Data, Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence Adoption Strategy: Accelerating Decision Advantage

Description: This report discusses how the Department of Defense has been investing in artificial intelligence and responsibly fielding data- and AI-enabled systems for over 60 years, and it seeks to guide decentralized action across DoD, inspires campaigns of learning, and leverages all our people, processes, and enabling technologies.
Date: June 27, 2023
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Acquisition and Use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technologies by DHS Components

Description: This report is a policy statement that guides Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Operational and Support Components and directs actions that should be taken to establish policy and practices governing the acquisition and use of artificial intelligence and machine learning technology within the department.
Date: August 8, 2023
Creator: Mayorkas, Alejandro N.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Mission Focused Subcommittee Final Report

Description: This report details the creation and intentions of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Mission Focused Subcommittee. The subcommittee asserts that if utilized in an ethical, informed, and responsible manner, AI/ML systems have the ability to improve transportation security, accelerate migrant processing timelines, bolster the functioning of supply chains, intercept illicit contraband , and more.
Date: September 14, 2023
Creator: Andreessen, Marc; Barrett, Tarika; Chertoff, Michael; Isom, Robert; Shortal, Matt; Stephen, Craig et al.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan 2023 Update

Description: "This document includes relevant text from the 2016 and 2019 national AI R&D strategic plans, along with updates prepared in 2023 based on Administration and interagency evaluation of the National AI R&D Strategic Plan: 2019 Update as well as community responses to a Request for Information on updating the Plan. The 2019 strategies were broadly determined to be valid going forward. The 2023 update adds a new Strategy 9, which establishes a principled and coordinated approach to international co… more
Date: May 2023
Creator: National Science and Technology Council (U.S.). Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence.
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